SOLUTION: A can do a piece of work in 16 days. After working on it for 4 days B joins who can complete work in 32 days. if A earns 1200 how much does B earn ?

Question 892082: A can do a piece of work in 16 days. After working on it for 4 days B joins who can complete work in 32 days. if A earns 1200 how much does B earn ?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No clue how pay rate is related between A and B or to the work. Maybe just assumption of equal pay per time.

Are they paid at the same hourly rate?
WORK RATES:
A,
B,
A&B,

They complete 1 job in a combination of persons and days.
A for 4 days and then A&B for 32 days.
RT=J, for rate, time, job.

Solve this equation for x. The time for B to do the 1 job alone would be x days.
When you know x, you can find the work rate for B and the work rate of A and B combined.

THE ACTUAL QUESTION ASKED:
Your question was about pay rate and how much money B received. If both A and B get the same
daily rate of pay, then The pay rate for either of them is doller per day, based on the time and moneys
that A worked and received.

ANSWER:_____B worked for 32 days (while working together with A). B would earn
Apparently, solving for the time for B to do 1 job alone is not needed for finding how much he earns
in his 32 days of work.

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